George H. Scheetz Email & Phone Number

Batavia, Illinois, United States

Batavia, Illinois, USA

• Manages a district library with an annual budget of nearly $4.0 million, a service population over 26,500, an annual circulation over 770,000 (29.3 loans per capita; a 30.3% increase from FY 2008 to FY 2011), and.
• Supervises a team of ten managers, one of whom serves as deputy director, and created the positions of Electronic Services Manager and Human Resources Manager
• Directs activities of over 65 employees, including 38.1 FTE
• Spearheaded Bulldogs Unleashed — a fundraising project inspired by Cows on Parade — which was launched by Batavia Public Library Foundation in 2010 in collaboration with the Batavia Foundation for Educational.
• Organized the Batavia Intergovernmental Group (top administrators from city, schools, parks, and library)
• Developed a Master Plan for Building Improvements (approved September 2009); and a new strategic plan (adopted August–September 2007), now in its fourth year of implementation

• Produced synopses of films and biographical sketches of special guests.

• Managed the development of a collection of Web sites (“search engine”) selected by librarians — www.TheLibraryChannel.com (over 48,000 Web sites as of May 2004).
• Recruited, trained, and supervised a team of Link Wranglers (freelance professional librarians) to select Web sites for the system.
• Participated in sales and marketing activities for this start-up company, particularly with libraries.

• Managed a library system (central library, branch library, bookmobile, and home delivery service) with an annual budget over $4.0 million, a service population over 67,000, an annual circulation over 1.25 million.
• Supervised a management team of two assistant directors and ten department coordinators and branch managers.
• Directed activities of 99 employees, including 67.625 FTE, 40 full-time staff members, and 23 staff members with a Master’s degree in Library Science.
• Served on the Champaign City Manager’s 15-person executive management team for ten years.
• Organized the Champaign Public Library Foundation and grew the fund balance to $450,000.
• Coordinated all aspects of an estimated $20.5 million building project through the schematic design phase.

• Managed a library system (central library, two branch libraries, bookmobile, and home delivery service) with an annual budget over $1.6 million, a service population over 80,000, and an annual circulation over 700,000.
• Supervised a management team of ten department coordinators and branch managers.
• Directed activities of 56 employees (affiliated with the Communications Workers of America, AFL–CIO), including 41.60 FTE, 25 full-time staff members, and nine staff members with a Master’s degree in Library Science.
• Coordinated all aspects of a $6.4 million building project; remodeled a 12,000-square-foot, regional branch library; designed and relocated a small branch library within a shopping center.
• Evaluated proposals for automating the library system; selected and defended an automation system; established a budget for funding the automation project when revenue-sharing funds were withdrawn; implemented the.
• Established a Promotional Services department to coordinate all publicity, public relations, publications, signage, and displays related to the library’s image.

Master Of Science, Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts, English

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi OmegaHonors Thesis (B.A.)—The Chicago Film Industry: Beginnings to 1918 (1974)